My School

My School website enables you to search the profiles of almost 10,000 Australian schools. You can quickly locate statistical and contextual information about schools in your community and compare them with statistically similar schools across the country.

http://www.myschool.edu.au/

Australian Curriculum consultation portal

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is overseeing the development of an Australian Curriculum from Kindergarten to Year 12, beginning with English, mathematics, science and history.The draft K–10 Australian Curriculum for English, mathematics, science and history is available for consultation from March to May 2010.

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

Changing schools

Each year nearly 80,000 school students move interstate with their family. This site links to booklets and a brochure which provide information for schools and parents to assist in supporting the needs of students who move schools.

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/ChangingSchools/

Education Tax Refund

Provides information on the Education Tax Refund designed to help families with children undertaking primary or secondary school studies meet the costs of school education.

http://www.educationtaxrefund.gov.au/

Organisations and contacts (education authorities & schools)

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations page with organisations and contacts relating to school education. It has links to State and territory government school education websites, Non-government education authorities and National education authorities.

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/Pages/OrgContacts.aspx

Safe schools

The National Safe Schools Framework provides Australian schools with a vision and a set of guiding principles that assist school communities to take a proactive whole-school approach to developing effective student safety and wellbeing policies. This vision includes creating learning environments which are free from bullying, harassment, aggression and violence.

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/NationalSafeSchools/Pages/nationalsafeschoolsframework.aspx

Schooling

States and territories have the primary responsibility for funding state government schools. They also provide supplementary assistance to non-government schools. The Australian Government is the primary source of public funding for non-government schools, while also providing supplementary assistance to government schools.

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/

Smarter Schools National Partnerships

The Australian Government and state and territory governments have entered into three Smarter Schools National Partnerships aimed at addressing disadvantage, supporting teachers and school leaders and improving literacy and numeracy. Find out more about what the three partnerships are, how each state and territory are implementing them, and which schools are participating.

http://www.smarterschools.gov.au/

Trade Training Centres in Schools Program

The Trade Training Centres in Schools Program is an important element of the Australian Government's Education Revolution. It will provide $2.5 billion over 10 years to enable all secondary schools to apply for funding of between $500,000 and $1.5 million for Trade Training Centres.

http://www.tradetrainingcentres.deewr.gov.au/